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kel place has lo eir resources (o om the energy B shortage! The the IraditiohaJ ituation which, ' wanting an oil understand full mberment and on into govern- ne identify my it the opinion I- ■ avebeen since . My small in- , 'Sr-Iocaied in :agonism that fter market” ne of ^my gas rather buy oil 1 my lease on ’om the Com- the Oil Com- »buy most of iolatibn of the Shell, Mobil, 5. They have, rchant. But I :onceplion of I itself, is too 1 pride and 5 together or • aking up or more oil to i the fastest ' imbalance. >mpanles by all means; live-stifling r petroleum against the 3uld cut off ip prices.\ an pipeline le Alaskan !, negating ‘ prices hy Ttage”-so esign less the most idwith the ion) their I piratical ght forth order to oil com- lize their ' The OU ' peanuts xpensive ' Only the ’ picture ■o again npatible itiative- isaster. esident fie U . S ^ I. This r Ipnary . lasaer, yTThe West, Ibver ' c f a t e '. sSorld . more .v I 'Stop ' M . ’ n t r o l . I s;J i ■ li - CHASING AROUND 8 / Paulette 1. Chase At 2:30 am we kicked off our s h o ^ and toasted each other’s health with an Alka Seltzer nightcap: We had just eaten and drunk our way out of another old year and into a ne* one. It was a swell party, we agreed, as we sat there reconstructing Us bones. \ .. The food was a tribute to the artistry and ingenuity of Long Island . caterers-, a monument to the Great American Stomach. Seven feet of pastrami, turkey, provolone, corned beef and salami, topped and bottomed by seeded Italian bread, stretched across the blue linen • tablecloth to the \ohs\ and ”ahs” of the delighted guests. Potato salad, cole slaw, assorted relishes and pickles waited in their silver trays at conveni^t serving jxiints. Cans of high-calorle beer and low- calorie soft drinks looked frosty cold and thbrat-quenching. Chocolate eclairs, cookies, Irish coffee, champagne, whiskey sours with thick foam heads. Dips, chopped liver, cocktail frankfurters, and potato y pancakes. V. We kissed the hostess hello and piled our coats into the waiting arms \ o f an adorable boy-ehUd, who promptly disappeared under the mountain of leather and mouton. \Get yourselves a drink,\ his mother s m il^ a t us. \Ramon is Just mixingupa batch of w h i^ey sours.” She gestured towards the den as she turned to greet some new arrivals. \Next week Tm taking lessons on a standard shift,\ we heard on our way to the den. \That’s it. I’ve made up my mind.\ N o b o ^ seemed to ; bedis8greeingwiththelady,buthervoicegotangriersUll. '\niisfud thing is just getting ridiculous. Mac has a s ta n ^ r d shift that gets 20 miles to the gallon. The tank I drive gets about 6. V^o n e ^ it? Som e ^ y , I know Tm going to get stranded to Brooklyn with no g a s ...\ : How true. In the den, somebody approached u rw ith two whiskey sours. They had four>lnck foam heads on them. \Hamon sent these,\ the bearer said. We looked past a dozen faces to the rear of the room where Ramon was tending bar. He waved. We waved back. There was nothing to do but abandon the den for the 1^-crowded living room. Clutching our drinks, we excused our way through the numberless male bodies huddled in front of a televised football game, —and went up toe stairs. We found a comfortable sofa to front of the onion dip and settled in. \Today is my sixth anniversary,\ a man with a healthy head of prematurely-gray hair boasted. \Six yeai^ ago, today, I made a resolution to quit smoking. And I did. It's the only New Year's . resolution I-have ever kept.\ He shook his head slowly up and d o ^ , pleased with himself. We drank to his success. \These kids today go to school from 8:30 to 11:30,’' someone else was saying.\What can you possibly learn in three hours? When I went lo high school in Brooklyn Icrawled\to out of toe soft, deep sofa 1 was becoming a p a rt of, and headed for the bar. B e l^d the whiskey bottles a t ^ the white- sweatered, burgundy-trousered hc^t, wtoo had shed an incredible 20 pouncte since Thantegivtog, and was now among toe more sesy men in theroom. \How'd you like that whiskey sour?” he beamed. I thought back to the four inches of foam I had been drinking and . lied, \Oh great. Just g reat!\ He looked a UtUe d i e t e d when I turned down another one {Tor a gin and tonic. But 1 told him I was a lime freak. It is hard to ruin Beefeaters. . < ' I had a desperate time trying to balance my drink and a p latter of chicken and hero sandwiches while walking the steps to the lining ^ .W e used to go to the theatre once a month,\ a redhead to black sequins was saying. V We’d park the car on 45th Street and walk to the theatre a n d b a ^ . Now, we’re afraid we’ll get muggled.\ Nodding my head in sad agreement, I weaved my way Jhrough her sympathetic autoence. How true. \We w ere paying 21 cents a gallon for oil in October, ^ e n it went to 24cents,andnowwe’reupto29cent8,” a black-and-white plaid sports coatcomplataed. \This morning I heard it's going up another 10 cents a gallon.\ He shrugged his shoulders helplessly. 1 stopped long enough to shake my head with the rest of his listeners in silent Wmmiseration. How true. Back once more a t my i ^ h c to the o v erstuff^ sofa, I bit into the scnimptiousness of pastrami and turkey and provolone. By the time I gottothepotato salad, toe group around me had decided that gasoline rationing waa inevitable, and that the time to atari was now, I ^ o r e rigor mortis set in. il i J GERMAN CLUB. The meirnben of the Germsrl Club, which meett at the.Freeport Memorial Library each Wedneiday night, enloy a few light moments. On Thursday, January 24 at T:30 pm. Walter Tomforde of the Goethe institute Of Munich, Germany, the world renown'German culture and language organization, will address the group on how to improve fluency and'correctness whan tpeaktog the language. The public is welcome. I scarmed the coffee table, brimming with cheese p latters and bore - d'oeuvres, and succumbed to the onion dip. AU evening long a Sfub- bom thoughtseemedto hover on toe fringes of my consciousness. And now, flashing In neon lights somewhere in my brain, were the words: Appalachia, India, Bangladesh. I looked around the room at the eating, drinking people sitting in the midst of all this optifence. For one brief moment, we allkeemed a lUUe obscene. A second gin and tonjic, 1 decided, would quiet such nagging thoughts. It did. \The game’s going to be on TV,\ Bowie argued. \ I'm not travelling all the way into the city, when I can see it (m TV.\ Champagne was served. The noise makers were passed around. \Haaap-py New Y eari\ Ramon announced. People kissed each other__ duUfuUy. someone blew a horn. Everybody wished everybody a happy new year. But there was no real enthusiasm in their utterances, no Joy, We're Thanked Following la toe complete text of a -letter received from the Chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission to the Freeport Superintendent of Electric Utilities Ludovic Long; \During the catastropic Ico storm that hit Long Island last week your system provided two emergency crews to assist the Long Island Lighting Company in repairing the vast damage it sustained. . T h ese crews (UBtinguished themselves by long hours of hard work under difficult |U~^condltlon8. LILCO has reported to me that their performance was outstanding. \Freeport Electric Dept, is lo be congratulated for its willingness to help and the ef fectiveness of Its p ^ p lc. I,wis)i to extend my persorial thanks for the fine effort of your company, and 1 a ^ that you also convey my thanks to the members of the crews who performed with such distinction and dedication in toe best tradition of the utility in dustry for mutual assistance In emergencies.\ (Signed) Joseph C. Swidler, Chairman. Artist in Residence Robert Carter, Professor of Art at Nassau Community. College, will be Artist-ln-Residence in toe Freeport School District for J3 weeks, beginning January 28. As part of toe School District’s 1973-74 Perform ing Arts Program, Prof. Carter will be at the Atkinson Sth and Bto Grade Center from January 28 to _ _____ ___ ___ _ ______ __ ___ _ ___ _ no hope - no belief that it would be a hapj^ new year. 'There was' February 22, at the John W, Dodd mostly a feeling toat 1974 would be more of toe same. So ever)d>ody Junior High School from went back to the food and the booze... A yawn interrupted the hostess's valiant attempt at a smile. \Leaving already?\ she sighed. Already? It was 2 am. We muttered something about having a busy day ahead of us and she wished us a happy new year. On the way out we paid our condolences to toe leftovers, which looked like the remains of a Roman o r g y .^ e n we watoed to toe curb, climbed into our chariot, and .drove home. February 25 to March 22, and at Freeport High School April 1 to May 10. The \In-Residence\ concept includes Carter setting up his painting easel in a common area in toe school where students-cair observe him create a painting. ^ RESTAURANT and LOUNGE 1;; « 5 Woodclefl Avfc I ■ 878.7575 ON THE lAUTICAL Freeport, LI.. I s } . : . , Lunchoon. Daily CLOSeo MONDAYS I ,2.3,00 ■ excenroRHouoAvs PROTECT YOUR BIG INVESTMENT IN FREEPORT... WHh A Little Investment In Freeport If you’re reading this newspaper, you probably have a home or . business in Freeport, Or both. The Freeport Association plans to tell the excillng Freeport Story outside the community. Ifyoushareourenthuslasmabout our Village ypiT should become srtiem b er of the FreeporTAssoolatlon. Membership is Ine^gienslve: In^vidual $10, Family $15, Ketail $25, Corporate $50, ^_and a special Senior Citizen Membership at $2. The money will be used to attract new f a i l l e s to. Freeport. _ There will be a major—advertising' and promotion campaign, as well as a public homefinder’s servicer— __ Fill out the coupon and send us younasEolt immediately. It’s really very- little when you think, how much Freeport 1s worth— to you. a . , , , , , , , , • Mii. Jack Extract. Pretidmt ' - . • Tha Freeport Association . ■ . . •P.O .B o x B O S F r a e ^ r t, NewYork 11S20 DoarEllon, • .Congratuiationsl IFs about time wa promoted Fraapott. Y « , I want to luppon the Frwport J - • Membership Duo,- Individual $10 Retail $25 S Family $16 Cotporsta$60 . , ' IN am e. 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